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"What if I slip him some money, think he’ll go away?"
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Michael MastroMichael Mastro
Michael Mastro
Michael R. Mastro is an American real estate developer, who was in business for forty years managing apartments and mid-size office parks in Seattle. He declared bankruptcy in 2009. Mastro and his wife, Linda, a former Bellevue grade school teacher, fled to France in 2011 after a warrant was issued for their arrest due to their failure to comply with a judge’s order that they turn over two diamond
"What if I slip him some money, think he’ll go away?"
"He was a smart man, but he always wanted to be the big cheese, throwing money around and doing it his way"
"My lawyer in 2008 had been after me for a long time to set up diversionary accounts for estates purposes, the theory being that you dont have all your eggs in one basket. We put the house in it, the cars in it, the jewellery in it... [It was done] in case you fall on hard times, then creditors cant grab everything."